Stamps & Postal History (#126MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low) Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1201-1300 of 1348. Previous|1...7891011121314|Next Lot #1206 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Herbertshöhe/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' & 'Herbertshöhe//(Deutsch Neu-Guinea)' SG 36 & 36e, unused, Cat £800. SymbolΩGradea c1 View details Estimate$600Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1207 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Käwieng/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' SG 37, unused, Cat £1000. SymbolΩGradea c1 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #1208 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Käwieng/ Deutsch Neu-Guinea ' SG 37b, an unusually large example, unused, Cat £325. SymbolΩGradea b1 View details Estimate$275StatusUnsold Lot #1209 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Kieta/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' SG 38, unused, Cat £450. SymbolΩGradea b1 View details Estimate$350Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #1210 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Manus/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' SG 39, unused, Cat £325. SymbolΩGradea c1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #1211 1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 3pf to '8d.' on 80pf SG 50-58, SG 55 & 57 with minor blemishes, Cat £2100. (9) Symbol*Gradea/b View details Quantity9Estimate$1,200Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #1212 1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 3pf brown with Flat Top on '1' SG 50c being all units in the first & second columns of an upper-left corner block of 15 (3x5) with Plate Number '1', variable centring, unmounted, Cat £2350++ (mounted). An exceptional specialist piece. GSTex GSTSymbol**†Gradea View details Estimate$2,500StatusUnsold Lot #1213 1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf, '2d.' on 10pf pair, '2d.' on 20pf & '5d.' on 50pf SG 51-53 & 57 on 1915 philatelic covers, Cat £600. (4 covers) GSTex GSTSymbolv†Gradea b1 View details Quantity4Estimate$500Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #1214 1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf green block of 4 with both right-hand units '1' & 'd' Spaced SG 51/e tied to local philatelic cover by Rabaul d/s of FEB 26 1915 in violet, Cat £820++. German Philatelic Society (USA) Certificate (1975) as Michel #2 with no mention of the varieties. GSTex GSTSymbolv†Gradea b1 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1215 1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands '4d.' on 40pf & '5d.' on 50pf SG 56 & 57, unmounted, Cat £470+ (mounted). (2) GSTex GSTSymbol**†Gradea b1 View details Quantity2Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #1216 1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands '4d.' on 40pf & '5d.' on 50pf SG 56 & 57 tied to small pieces by oval Rabaul d/s of JAN 15 1915 in violet, Cat £625. (2) GSTex GSTSymbolf†Gradea b1 View details Quantity2Estimate$450Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot #1217 1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands '4d.' on 40pf with No Stop after '4d ' SG 56e, unmounted, Cat £425+ (mounted). GSTex GSTSymbol**†Gradea b1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1218 1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands '8d.' on 80pf SG 58 block of 4 (Setting 2; Positions 1 & 2, split vertically & skilfully rejoined with hinge reinforcement), Cat £1900+. A very scarce multiple. Brun/Shanahan (1957) & Holcombe (1995) Certificates. Symbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$1,300StatusUnsold Lot #1219 1915 (Jan) Additional Surcharge '1' on '2d.' on 10pf red SG 63, mint & with light oval Rabaul d/s, Cat £475. (2) Symbol*vGradea c1 View details Quantity2Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #1220 1915 (Jan) Additional Surcharge '1' on '2d.' on 10pf SG 63 horizontal strip of 3, the second unit with slight Misplacement of '1' to Left, excellent centring, minor perf reinforcing, Cat £600++. Jurgen Kilian (1985) & RPSofL (1986) Certificates. GSTex GSTSymbol*†Gradea a1 View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #1221 1915 (Jan) Additional Surcharge '1' on '2d.' on 10pf SG 63 horizontal strip of 3, excellent centring, tied to piece by oval Rabaul d/s of JAN 7 1915 in violet, Cat £825+. Scarce multiple. GSTex GSTSymbolf†Gradea a1 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #1222 1915 (Jan) Additional Surcharge '1' on '2d.' on 10pf with Small '1' SG 63c, unmounted, Cat £650+ (mounted). [Only one sheet of 100 was printed] GSTex GSTSymbol**†Gradea c1 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #1223 Philatelic covers with frankings of 5mm Spacing 2d on 10pf & 2d on 20pf, 6mm Spacing 2d on 10pf, or Marshall Islands 1d on 5pf uncancelled block of 4 (soiled), 2d on 10pf x2 & 2d on 20pf with 'CENSORED' h/s (toning), another with German New Guinea 5pf 10pf and 50pf with four strikes of the defaced 'KAISERLICHES BEZIRKSGERICHT/[Eagle]/FRIEDRICH-WILHELMSHAFEN' cancel; also Postal Cards New Guinea 1d CTO & 2d unused and Marshalls 1d unused. (11) GSTex GSTSymbolcps† View details Quantity11Estimate$850Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #1224 1914 (late) philatelic cover with German New Guinea 5pf x16 tied by nine good to very fine strikes of the defaced 'KAISERLICHES BEZIRKSGERICHT/[Eagle]/FRIEDRICH-WILHELMSHAFEN' court seal & another clear strike on the reverse, central horizontal fold clear of the stamps. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #1225 1914 local philatelic cover with 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf, '2d.' on 10pf & '2d.' on 20pf SG 2-4 all tied by the makeshift '-*RABAUL*-/*Oct 171 1014*' datestamp in violet being the First Day of Issue of the stamps, subsequently with 'GRI/3d' on 'Rabaul/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 33 - issued January 1915 - added & just tied by the scarce straight-line 'Rabaul' h/s in violet. German Philatelic Society (USA) Certificate (1975). Although this is a doubly contrived cover, it does have redeeming featur GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea View details Estimate$750Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1226 1915 apparently commercial cover to Sydney with '1d.' on 3pf additionally overprinted 'O.S.' SG O1 (concealed fault) tied by light but obvious strike of the scarce boxed 'RABAUL/6APR1915' partially-defaced datestamp in blue (Powell #54), superb 'PASSED-BY-CENSOR' h/s in violet, Sydney arrival b/s of AP17-1915, hinge remainders on the face. A very scarce postmark on cover. Jurgen Kilian Certificate (1984) without photo but Kilian's guarantee h/s on the reverse of the cover. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$600Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #1227 1915 local usage of OHMS envelope with very fine '1d.' on 3pf additionally overprinted 'O.S.' SG O1 tied by oval Rabaul d/s of MAY 5 1915 in violet, two vertical folds well clear of the stamp. An apparently legitimate "town letter" usage & very scarce thus. GSTex GSTSymbolcl†Gradeb View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #1228 1915 local cover with very fine '1d.' on 5pf green additionally overprinted 'O.S.' SG O2 (Cat £140 x8+ on cover) tied by oval Rabaul d/s of MAY 10 1915 in violet, very fine 'CENSORED.' h/s in violet, faint tonespots. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #1229 1915 correctly rated cover to NSW with scarce albeit philatelic franking of '1d.' on Marshall Islands 5pf green SG 51 & 'G.R.I./3d.' on 'Rabaul/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' registration label SG 33 (a couple of damaged perfs at upper-right) tied by oval 'RABAUL/JUN 8 1915/NEW BRITAIN' d/s in violet, 'HUNTERS HILL/21JU1915/NSW' arrival b/s. ( ) GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #1230 POSTMARKS: 2-line 'RABAUL/[date]', straight-line 'Herbetsh0h', 'Herbertshohe' & 'Rabaul', defaced '____/ Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen' on DNG 5pf, Queensland 'LOOSE/SHIP/LETTER' on 'O.S.' 1d on 3pf block of 4, etc, also a piece with rare combination franking of GRI '2d.' on 10pf + ½d Kangaroo (defective), condition a bit mixed. (21 items) GSTex GSTSymbolsΔ† View details Quantity21Estimate$600Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Lot #1231 Mostly mint selection on Hagners with Roos to 10/- x2 including 1d Die II both issues, KGV including 4d yellow, & New Colours, Surcharges x2 sets (one CTO), a few varieties noted including LMult Wmk ½d Headless Emu in used pair, condition variable but generally fine to very fine (75) Symbol*o View details Quantity75Estimate$400Price Realized$850StatusSold Lot #1232 abc strips comprising KGV ½d x4, 1d x3, 4d & 5d, some plated; and Kangaroos 2d x3, 2½d, 3d, 6d, 9d, 1/- x2 & 2/- with the Watermark Inverted (no gum); some units are unmounted. (20 strips) Symbol*Ω View details Quantity20Estimate$300Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot #1233 KGV Heads complete formes of 30 comprising 1915-16 ½d x4 & 1d, and Fifth Setting ½d x9, mostly plated based on ACSC-listed varieties, some separation & one with one unit removed, condition variable but many units are unmounted. Good specialist lot. (14 formes) Symbol*/** View details Quantity14Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1234 1915-16 Kangaroos Second Wmk 5/- grey & chrome-yellow SG 92 abc strip, well centred, the two lower units are unmounted, Cat £300++. Symbol*/**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #1235 1918-23 Fifth Setting £1 brown & pale blue SG 118, very lightly mounted, Cat £4500. A rare stamp, and the first example we or Prestige have offered for many years. Symbol*Gradea c1 View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,000StatusSold Lot #1236 POSTAL HISTORY: 1916 (May 13) cover endorsed "Letter for Germany enclosed" to the Red Cross in Germany with 2½d tied by Rabaul cds, violet/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label affixed at Sydney, 'GENEVE 1/25.VII.16/DISTR LETTE' arrival b/s. Ex Neil Russell. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #1237 POSTAL HISTORY: 1917 philatelic registered cover to America with 2/- tied by Rabaul cds, '[crown]/PASSED CENSOR/ 26FEB1917/ RABAUL' cachet & German-type registration label. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot #1238 POSTAL HISTORY: 1919 commercial cover with sender's address "A Risiderer Boram/Madang" on the flap, to Adelaide with Fifth Setting 1d red strip of 3 tied by 'MADANG' cds, Sydney transit & 'HENLEY BEACH' arrival b/s, central fold. The sender apparently paid the foreign letter rate of 2½d + ½d War Tax. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #1239 POSTAL HISTORY: 1919 cover from a German resident of Finschhafen (endorsed on flap) to Switzerland with NWPI 2½d only tied by 'RABAUL/11FE19' cds, on arrival at Zurich struck with 'T'-in-circle h/s & endorsed "10" in blue, Postage Due 10c tied by poor Zurich cds, minor blemishes on the reverse. A very rare Postage Due cover from the Occupation Period: taxed for non-payment of the Australian ½d War Tax that was introduced 28.10.1918. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #1240 1925-39 Issues comprising Huts & Airs, Dated Birds & Airs, Undated Birds & the three 'OS' sets, plus a few others, some gum-toning but generally fine to very fine, Cat £2450. (120 approx) Symbol*Gradea/b View details Quantity120Estimate$850Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot #1241 1925-39 Issues complete including Huts listed shades, Unissued ½d orange Undated Bird & all the 'OS' Overprints, mostly very lightly mounted, the 1939 Bulolo Airs are an unmounted marginal set, Cat £4750+ (mounted). Opportunity! (140) Symbol*/**Gradea View details Quantity140Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,600StatusSold Lot #1242 1935 Bulolo High Values £2 bright violet & £5 emerald-green SG 204-5, unmounted, Cat £1100+ (mounted). Symbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1243 1935-39 Bulolo Airmails ½d to £5 SG 204-5 & 212-225, a few problems to 1/- & a few short perfs on higher values but the £5 is very fine, Cat £1440. (16) Symbolg/fGradea/b View details Quantity16Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Lot #1244 1935-39 Bulolo Airmails ½d to £5 SG 204-5 & 212-225, Cat £1450. (16) Symbolf/vGradea b1 View details Quantity16Estimate$800Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #1245 1939 Bulolo Airmails ½d to £1 SG 212-225, very lightly mounted or unmounted, Cat £1000+ (mounted). (14) Symbol*/**Gradea b1 View details Quantity14Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #1246 1939 Bulolo Airmails ½d to £1 SG 212-225, mostly well centred unmounted, Cat £1100+ (mounted). (14) Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Quantity14Estimate$850StatusUnsold Lot #1247 1939 Bulolo Airmails ½d to 1/- complete tied to six plain covers by 'KAVIENG/13MAR39/NEW GUINEA' cds each endorsed "First Day of Issue", one registered with the 2d & 6d. The official FDI was 1.3.1939; the 13th was presumably the release date at Kavieng. SymbolcGradea/a- View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot #1248 1939 Bulolo Airmails £1 "die proof" of the Panelli forgery in the issued colour on gummed (!) unwatermarked wove paper (52x35mm). Superb! SymbolPGradea+ View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #1249 Collection in expensive Lighthouse hingeless album with English issues virtually complete (except for the 1976 Surcharges Local Overprints) & French issues largely complete (except for the 1920-24 Surcharges & 1976 Surcharges both sets) including M/Ss, Postage Dues & 'France Libre' Overprints, a few minor problems but generally fine to very fine, issues from 1953 are probably all unmounted, Cat £3000+. (300 approx) Symbol*/** View details Quantity300Estimate$750Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #1250 1908 real photo PPC of a very cute baby, to New York with New South Wales ½d green & 1d Arms tied by light but obvious strike of 'NEW HEBRIDES/DE12/1908/VILA' cds, Sydney transit b/s. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea View details Estimate$700StatusUnsold Lot #1251 1942 (Aug 20) OCS cover to Sydney per special Qantas flight AAMC #947a with 'France Libre' 5c x2 tied by French cds & superb 'PASSED BY CENSOR/PASSE PAR LA CENSURE' cachet in violet, 'ENMORE/2SE42/NSW' arrival b/s, Cat $600. Rare. Ex Tom Frommer. [Only a very small mail was flown. There was no gazetted airmail rate so the covers were accepted at the surface rate as a wartime expedient] SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #1252 Collection in Seven Seas album including a handy range of Chalons with postmark interest, First Sidefaces to 2/-, 1/- brown with Advert & Perfin!, Pictorials used to 2/- + mint 5/-, Smiling Boys, better mint sets including Christchurch Exhibition, KGV Heads, Victory, Dunedin & QEII Officials, also "Back of Book" with Arms to 30/- & Lighthouses including 6d green, etc, condition variable but those mentioned are generally fine to very fine. (100s) Symbol*o View details Quantity100Estimate$1,000Price Realized$850StatusSold Lot #1253 Three cartons with extensive 1935-2007 collection in 20 large volumes, apparently all unmounted from 1935 Silver Jubilee including 1935 Pictorials, 1940 Centennial, 1954 QEII set, '2d' on "Stars" 1½d, 1960 Pictorials, 1967-2007 issues apparently complete including M/Ss, sheetlets plus some booklets, Ross Dependency, Healths from 1929 but no M/Ss, & Hunting Stamps, also First Day Covers largely complete including illustrated 1954 QEII + 1957 Values, 1960 & 1967 Pictorials, etc, generally very Symbol**bcGradea View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot #1254 Untidy three-volume collection with unmounted issues including 1960 Pictorials 10/- & £1 x4 each, 1967 Pictorials x3 sets, $2 multicoloured x3 (one CTO), quantity of Decimal blocks of 4, lots of duplicated Health Issues including Crusader marginal block of 8 (**/*) & Plate Number '1' block of 6 (**), Health M/Ss including 1960 & 1970 sets CTO, condition variable in the earlier material so inspection is recommended. (100s) Symbol**/*v View details Quantity100Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #1255 Four large stockbooks with decimal blocks of 4 or larger plus M/Ss, unmounted. Face value stated to exceed $NZ2600. (Qty) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$750Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #1256 Six large stockbooks with issues from mid-1990s to 2012, mostly blocks of 4 or 6 plus M/Ss, setenants, M/Ss & sheetlets, die-cut monstrosities & self-adhesives including 'Kiwi' stamps, unmounted. Face value stated to exceed $NZ8000 plus the 'Kiwi' issues. (Qty) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$2,750Price Realized$2,800StatusSold Lot #1257 Six albums of Decimal issues to 2015 including se-tenants, M/Ss plus booklets of M/Ss, weird stuff, "Kiwi" stamps, etc, all we checked is unmounted. Heavy! (Qty) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #1258 Here'a real doozy: two huge cartons of beautifully produced "limited edition" albums all clothbound in matching slipcases including Chinese New Years, "Ballet", "Gold Rush", "Middle Earth", "Great Voyages", "Ross Dependency" etc. Reprehensible & utterly shameless exploitation of the collectariat by NZ Post. (39 books) Symbol**Gradea View details Quantity39Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #1259 Handy selection of used Imperf Chalons mostly attractive including very fine full-margin examples of No Watermark 2d, Wmk Star 1d x2, 3d, 6d red-brown, 6d black-brown & 1/- and Pelure Paper 6d black-brown; also KGV Typo ½d proof block of 27 (3x9) being three booklet panes, a few minor bends, full unmounted o.g.; and 2011 Royal Wedding pack with Prince William's birth date wrongly noted in the outer brochure x2. SymboloP/PR View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #1260 1857-63 No Watermark 1d dull orange SG 8, margins close to good, light 'NELSON/NO7/60' cds, Cat £750. RPSofL Certificate (2015). GSTex GSTSymbolF†GradeA View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #1261 1970s-80s accumulation in blocks with values to $5, also some M/Ss, unmounted. Face value $NZ2800+. (1000s) Symbol**GradeA View details Quantity1,000Estimate$1,400Price Realized$1,150StatusSold Lot #1262 15pp One Frame exhibit of airmail covers with better items including 1931 Hastings-Gisborne with defaced Dominion Airways label, 1931 with 'DOMINION AIRWAYS LTD/GISBORNE-HASTINGS' or '.../HASTINGS-GISBORNE' h/s, 1931 two with 'EMERGENCY EARTHQUAKE AIR MAIL' h/s signed "DM Allan" or "HB Burrell", etc, frankings include Smiling Boys 1d+1d x2 & 2d+1d. Nice lot. (29) SymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity29Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #1263 1857 entire headed "Onehunga 4th June 1857" to Glasgow "Per Moa Via Sydney" with partly fine Auckland crowned-circle in red & superb 'AUCKLAND/=JU13/1857/ B /=NEW-ZEALAND=' b/s, London transit of 25SP25/1857 in red on the face & ' 2N /GLASGOW/SE25/57' arrival b/s. [Stated only 3 "Moa" covers recorded. A similar item sold at a New Zealand auction for $NZ550] GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold Lot #1264 1916 (Oct 4) usage of POW Postal Card with printed multiple-choice message from a German POW on Motuihi Island to a German (parolee?) in Sydney with superb 'PASSED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR/NZ' cachet in violet, vertical fold at left. Ex Neil Russell. GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1265 LAGOS: 1894 1d red Postal Card commercially used to Switzerland endorsed "Lagos/28/1/94" on face in red, posted directly onto German Woerman Line mail steamer with boxed 'AUS/WESTAFRIKA' cachet used as canceller and another very fine strike alongside applied in Hamburg, 'BERN/23 II 94' arrival on face where taxed with blue pencil "Fr 1.15" manuscript, couple of minor creases. SymbolpsGradeb View details Estimate$800StatusUnsold Lot #1266 SOUTHERN NIGERIA: 1901-02 QV to 10/-, KEVII 1904-09 to 10/- plus 10/- & £1 Plate Number singles, 1907-11 to £1, 1912 KGV to 5/-, some additional shades & a few used, Cat £1400+; also QV 1d Envelope to GB with 'FORCADOS RIVER' cds & 1912 PPC underpaid to Australia & taxed. (100+) [some toning; estimate reduced to $500] Symbol*Oc View details Quantity100Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #1267 1947-89 dealer's stock arranged in three binders with 10/- Bird x10 plus 'SPECIMENi x3, 1960 Surcharges x9 sets, 2/8d Local Government x10, Fish x18 sets, Ships x20 sets, Birds x20 sets, useful range of decimal definitive and commemorative sets, many blocks, majority unmounted plus some sets also CTO/FU. (many 100s) GSTex GSTSymbol**v†Gradea View details Quantity100Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot #1268 1947-2002 Issues virtually complete - missing a few rather modern issues - including M/Ss in expensive KaBe hingeless album, mostly unmounted including Ball Bay White Papers & 10/- 'SPECIMEN' all 3 types, etc. (100s) Symbol*/**Gradea View details Quantity100Estimate$360Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #1269 Attractively presented collection in Devon album with BNG to 1/- x2, Small 'Papua' Overprints to 2/6d x3 plus various varieties including some in multiples, Large 'PAPUA' 2/6d SG 48, Small 'PAPUA' series (missing 6d SG 70), 1910 Large 'PAPUA' to 2/6d (both) + 2d 'PCSTAGE' SG 77a, Monocolours & Surcharges, Bicolours to 10/- plus Imprint strips of 3 to 2/6d, 5/- duo with Monograms, 'POSTACE' on 1½d x2 & 6d x2, Airmail & Surcharges Imprint strips/blocks, 1932 Lakatois 9d & 1/3d Imprint blocks Symbol* View details Quantity100Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,600StatusSold Lot #1270 Complete sheets of 30 comprising BNG 1d SG 2 & ½d SG 9a, Small 'Papua' Overprints 2d SG 40, Lithos ½d SG 66 & ½d SG 75, then complete sheets of 40 comprising Monocolours ½d (CTO), Bicolours Cooke 1d, Harrison ½d & 1d (2 units removed), and Ash ½d & 4d, ½d punctured 'OS' & 1½d with 'OS' Overprint, some with varieties annotated, condition variable, Cat £2800++. (13 sheets) Symbol*v View details Quantity13Estimate$1,250Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #1271 Mostly mint collection remainders including Monocolours set x2, 'ONE PENNY' Surcharge on three values Dual Monogram blocks of 10, Bicolours to 5/- including 4d to 2/6d Imprint strips of 3 & 1d complete sheet with Monograms, 1935 Jubilee Imprint blocks of 4, a good number of varieties including Litho 4d with Deformed 'd' (used), numerous 'OS' Punctures including Small 'Papua' 2/6d used x3 (including a pair), Lithos to 2/6d x3, Monocolours set x3 & used to 1/-, Bicolours to 2/6d including 1/- Symbol*o View details Quantity100Estimate$850Price Realized$1,700StatusSold Lot #1272 Small box of mostly mint remainders on stockcards, in packets & in a small stockbook with many varieties, imprints to 1/- + 2/6d CTO, Litho ½d with Double Perfs, 1/3d on 5/- Dual Monogram strip of 3, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (few 100) Symbol*o View details Quantity100Estimate$400Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #1273 Annotated range of John Ash Imprint strips of 3 or blocks of 4 from various issues including Bicolours & Officials, Overprints, Pictorials to 1/- & 1938 Airs set etc; also some New Guinea imprint pairs or blocks of 4 with Birds to 1/-, Coronation 5d block of 10 with Re-Entry, etc; condition variable but generally fine to very fine with many units being unmounted. (67 items) GSTex GSTSymbol*/**† View details Quantity67Estimate$400Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #1274 1901 piece of ungummed Multiple Rosettes Watermark paper (134x60mm) as used for the BNG issue. SymbolPGradea View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #1275 1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper ½d to 2/6d SG 1-8, Cat £850. Unusually fine. (8) Symbol*Gradea b1 View details Quantity8Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #1276 1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 1d black & red SG 2 block of 18 (3x6) with margins on three sides, a bit fragile, most units are unmounted, Cat £360++ (mounted). GSTex GSTSymbol**/*†Gradea b1 View details Estimate$150Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #1277 1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Vertical Thick Paper ½d to 1/- SG 9-15 plus Thin Paper 2/6d SG 16a, Cat £850. (8) Symbol*Gradea View details Quantity8Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #1278 1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Vertical Thin Paper 2/6d SG 16a, well centred, Cat £600. Symbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$450Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #1279 1906 Large 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Horizontal 4d to 2/6d SG 17-20 and Watermark Vertical ½d to 6d SG 21-26, well centred, Cat £800+. (10) Symbol*Gradea b1 View details Quantity10Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #1280 1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Vertical Thin Paper 1d black & carmine with the Overprint Vertical SG 39a, Port Moresby cds, Cat £4500. Ex GJ Hutson. RPSofL Certificate (1929). [Peter Troy's better centred example - 'apua' only visible - sold for $4600. Tim Rybak's example with 'Papua' sold for $4830] SymbolfGradea c1 View details Estimate$3,500Price Realized$3,400StatusSold Lot #1281 1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints 2/6d SG 37 or 45a on 1907 registered cover to Germany, Cairns & Brisbane transit & Dresden arrival backstamps. A rare albeit philatelic franking. GSTex GSTSymbolC†Gradea View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold Lot #1282 1916-31 Bicolours 10/- perforated plate proof in the issued colours on poor quality ungummed unwatermarked wove paper, well centred. [Only a block of 20 (5x4) - the lower-half of one sheet - is believed to have survived, including the imprint block of 6 & at least one vertical strip of 4. Thus, very few singles are available to collectors] SymbolPGradea b1 View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot #1283 1932 Pictorials 4d Mother & Child SG 135 McCracken Imprint block of 4, unmounted. Very scarce & superb! [Better centred than the superb block sold at the Prestige auction of 24/4/2009 for $604] Symbol**Gradea+ a1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #1284 1932 Pictorials 5d Masked Dancer with '5d' (Reversed) & 2/6d Pottery Making with '2/6' printed in the margins at right, unmounted. Very scarce. Symbol**Gradea a1 View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #1285 1932 Pictorials 5/- Policeman, 10/- Fire & £1 Delta House on 1938 registered airmail cover to NSW, Cat £355 as used stamps. A rare albeit philatelic franking. GSTex GSTSymbolC†Gradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #1286 'OS' PUNCTURES: Exhibit page of Lithographs with perfin varieties comprising ½d (one unit uncancelled) 1d & 4d pairs with Only One Unit Punctured, 2½d 4d & 1/- each with Partial Puncture, 2d with 'OS' Double One Sideways, 1/- with 'OS' Diagonal, 2d (Monocolour, **) & 2/6d pair with 'OS' Inverted, CTO/used. Very scarce group. (10 items) Symbol*fGradea View details Quantity10Estimate$750Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #1287 'OS' PUNCTURES: 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' Watermark Sideways Perf 12½ 6d black & myrtle-green SG O25 marginal example from the left of the sheet, well centred, a couple of nibbled perfs at lower-right, Port Moresby cds of 26NOV09, Cat £1400. RPSofV Certificate (1981) as SG 70 ('OS' punctures were not listed until many years later). [Peter Troy's example - small red stain on the reverse - sold at the Prestige auction of 28.7.2009 for $2185] SymbolfGradea- b2 View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #1288 'OS' PUNCTURES: 1910 Large 'PAPUA' 2d black & purple with 'PCSTAGE' at Right SG O31a additionally with 'OS' Inverted, Port Moresby cds, Cat £250+. A remarkable "double variety". SymbolfGradea b1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$850StatusSold Lot #1289 'OS' PUNCTURES: 1930 Bicolours 1d Harrison Printing imprint block of 10 (5x2) with a block of 4 Officially Replaced - inadvertently - Upside Down resulting in those four units having Inverted 'OS' Punctures, Cat £400+++. An extraordinary "double error". [Most inverted punctures have been dismissed by many collectors as having been contrived. This block demonstrates that such errors could occur legitimately] Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$750Price Realized$2,200StatusSold Lot #1290 Collection with frankings including 1901 BNG 2½d from Thursday Island & 1/-, Small 'Papua' Opts on 1/- + 2½d to Germany & 6d +1/- to the UK, a few 1907-11 values, 1911 Monocolours values to 1/-, 1916-31 Lakatois values to 2/6d, One Penny Surcharges, 1929-30 Airmails and Surcharges, 1932 Pictorials with values to 1/3d, 1934-41 range of issues some sets including FDCs, 'OS' Overprints with values to 9d pair, first flight covers, one signed by Charles Ulm, Postal Cards 1d and 1½d, small 4d GSTex GSTSymbolC PS† View details Quantity150Estimate$5,000Price Realized$4,200StatusSold Lot #1291 Mostly philatelic batch but including commercial 1931 with ship-board cancels & 1936 to UK with Plane Overprints 6d & 1/-, a few registered including 1918 with red/white 'PORT MORESBY' label, registered First Day Covers for the 1934 Declaration & 1941 Air 1/6d (unaddressed & rare thus), 1924 registered Avis de Reception cover from USA, 1931 to GB with 2d optd 'O S', 1933 to Cayman Islands with 'TAX' h/s, Postal Cards 1d & 1½d x2 (one with BNG to 1/-) all used at Samarai, unused 4d Registration Symbolcps View details Quantity34Estimate$600Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #1292 1897 cover from Egypt (!) to "The Colonial Treasurer/Port Moresby/British New Guinea" with 1pi tied by 'CAIRE' cds, Brisbane & Cooktown transit & 'PORT MORESBY/10MY97/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' arrival b/s, 'BRITISH [crown] NEW GUINEA/10MAY97/TREASURER' cachet in blue on the face, minor professional repairs/cleaning. Terrific origin/destination cover. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Grade(a-) View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot #1293 1927 PPC from Japan sent as Printed Matter with 2s stamp on the viewside, 'THURSDAY ISLAND' transit & 'SAMARAI' arrival cds, 'MISSENT' h/s & redirected to Cairns where 2d Postage Due affixed & cancelled with blue "X", a little soiled. A bit of an enigma. [The card is addressed to Samarai so our vendor ascribed the Missent h/s to Thursday Island. However, we are of the view that it was an irregular redirection usage at Samarai as both the handstamp & the cds are inverted] GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$150Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #1294 1937 (Oct) Port Moresby-Lake Kutubu & Lake Kutubu-Port Moresby AAMC #P117 & P121, both signed by the pilot "AA Koch", Cat $1200. [Only 17 flown in each direction] (2) SymbolCGradea View details Quantity2Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #1295 1938 commercial cover to China with scarce franking of Coronation 1d + 2d Bird of Paradise tied by 'CAIRNS' slogan cancel with superb boxed 'PAQUEBOT' h/s below, 'SHANGHAI' arrival b/s & Chinese "chop" on the face. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #1296 1938 (Jun 29-30) Port Moresby-Samarai-Losuia-Port Moresby "boomerang cover" per Stinson Reliant (seaplane) AAMC #P136a, signed by the pilot "K Garden", Cat $280. SymbolC View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot #1297 1938 cover endorsed "Steamships/Trading Co Ltd/Port Moresby and/Samarai", to GB with Pictorials 2d Bird of Paradise tied by 'SAMARAI ED' cds and very scarce albeit philatelic usage of rubber 30mm 'SHIP/("PAPUAN CHIEF/GO Andersen")/LETTER' h/s (Lee #S10; LRD) in violet. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$230StatusUnsold Lot #1298 1939 Archbold Expedition flight cover Hollandia-Port Moresby per "Guba II" with 'BIOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS/.../1938 NEW GUINEA EXPEDITION' imprint at upper-left AAMC #P144, some stamps with surface damage, Cat $1750. SymbolCLGradeb View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #1299 OFFICIAL MAIL: Display pages all with Lakatoi frankings including 1902 double-rate to USA with BNG 2½d pair, 1908 to "Graz/Germany" (error for Austria) with Small 'PAPUA' 2½d, 1912 registered to Austria with Monocolours 1/-, 1930 double-rate (1½d x2 + 3d registration) to Victoria with 'AIR MAIL' 3d pair, 1931 double-rate registered to USA with Aeroplane Overprints 3d & 6d, plus several with overtly philatelic frankings including 1912 to Austria with Large 'PAPUA' 2/6d (that probably doesn't Symbolcl View details Quantity12Estimate$1,250Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #1300 OFFICIAL MAIL: companion lot with non-Lakatoi frankings comprising Pictorials 2d to GB x2, 3d RAAF airmail rate to NSW, 1d pair & 9d on RAAF airmail rate to NSW, 5d registered to NZ & 6d registered to USA, 1934 Declaration 1d + Coronation 2d to USA, 1d & 2d to USA & 2d to Canada x2, Coronation 1d 2d & 3d to NSW (possibly inadvertently paying the foreign rate), 1938 Airmails 1/-registered air to GB & 1939 Airmails 8d by air to Department of Air in Melbourne, condition variable. A very scarce grou Symbolc/cl View details Quantity12Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Lot #1301 OFFICIAL MAIL: companion lot with Lakatoi frankings all punctured 'OS' mostly correctly rated including with Large 'PAPUA' 1d block of 4 to NSW, Monocolours ½d block of 4 to GB & block of 6 to USA, ½d & 1d to NSW GB x2 & Canada, 2d to Switzerland (underpaid but not taxed) & GB, 2½d & 1/- registered to USA, and Bicolours 2d to GB & 1d plus 'OS' Overprints 2d pair registered to GB, condition variable. A really interesting & desirable lot. (12) Symbolc/cl View details Quantity12Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Lot #1302 OFFICIAL MAIL: 1896 OHMS cover with 'Tresurer's Office/Port Moresby BNG' imprint at lower-left, to Brisbane with rare commercial franking of Queensland Lined Background 6d green tied by one of two strikes of the 'PORT MORESBY/ 14SE96/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' cds, 'THURSDAY ISLAND' transit & Brisbane arrival b/s of 1OC/96, slightly reduced at left & some minor spotting mostly on the reverse. SymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #1303 OFFICIAL MAIL: 1907 OHMS cover to England with scarce Two Issue Franking of Large 'Papua' 6d & Small 'Papua' 1d tied by Port Moresby cds, wax seal with partial 'POST OFFICE/[crown]/GRANVILLE BNG' impressed across the flap, Cooktown Brisbane & London transit backstamps, 'REGISTERED/JA 11 08/IPSWICH' arrival b/s endorsed alongside "Found open at Iwch/[initials]" & with two small 'E [crown] R/FOUND/OPEN AND - OFFICIALLY/SEALED' labels affixed, minor faults & clipped corner at lower-left. Ex Peter T SymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #1304 OFFICIAL MAIL: 1910 triple-rate OHMS cover to England with scarce solo franking of Small 'PAPUA' 6d tied by 'KOKODA ND/2SEP10/PAPUA' cds, rare undated 'POSTMASTER/KOKODA' cachet in violet & wax seal across the flap impressed with the rare 'POST OFFICE/[crown]/KOKODA BNG' mailbag seal, Port Moresby & Thursday Island transit & 'HALIFAX/NO7/10/ 2 ' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. [Probably 95% of all official mail is from Port Moresby, & most of the balance is from Samarai, making this a really desir SymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Lot #1305 OFFICIAL MAIL: 1911 cover front with 'THE TREASURY/...' imprint at lower-left, to GB with rare franking of Monocolours 1d pair with only the second unit punctured 'OS' & Port Moresby cds of 5SEP11, reinforced vertical fold at left. Possibly a unique franking; certainly the only example we have seen of such an 'OS'/'OS' Omitted Setenant Pair on cover. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$750StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...7891011121314|Next1234567891011121314 Previous 1234567891011121314 Next Previous 1234567891011121314 Next
